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i don't think the nsa has a reputation that american people will trust the nsa because the nsa says trust me. who gets to say trust me? >> this is not an unknown problem in american government. you put out what the government policy and the general procedures are. congress authorizes, and if there's a skinny for supreme court, or for a court case of some type, you follow it. i mean, i think they should be put into the general way that american society big questions that trade on security, resources, and privacy and civil liberties. but you can't do it in a completely open with. so i'm for following the system this country is to decide the questions. >> plato in his republic would've said the nocturnal council, right, secret body in the back. we don't do that, right? we are democracy, but gosh, when you compare to what the system was 50 years ago, the extent of oversight is just huge. gin sloshing sure who was head of the cia 34 years ago told me once that lunch that there was no oversight committee then, no intel oversight. so you go and brief the senators at lunch about what was going on
i don't think the nsa has a reputation that american people will trust the nsa because the nsa says trust me. who gets to say trust me? >> this is not an unknown problem in american government. you put out what the government policy and the general procedures are. congress authorizes, and if there's a skinny for supreme court, or for a court case of some type, you follow it. i mean, i think they should be put into the general way that american society big questions that trade on security,...
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listened to by the nsa, no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. what the nsa does is collect metadata which means phone numbers of every call that's made, the time and the date. there's no names, no one's listening to the calls, all that information is stored. and because there is this threat -- and i've seen the intelligence, i know people always get burned, i've seen the intelligence, and if you knew what i knew, i'm trying to say that, basically, everyone who has looked at this and analyzed it, this is, i think, the most precise threat we've seen since, if not since september 11th, certainly since 2006 when there was a liquid explosive plot coming out of london which would have blown up ten airliners over the atlantic ocean which would have killed thousands and thousands of americans. but this plot is very specific as to the enormity of the attack, the catastrophic be nature of the attack that they want to car aout. and there are also a series of dates in there. but as far as the credibility of the sources, the quality of the intelligence, it i
listened to by the nsa, no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. what the nsa does is collect metadata which means phone numbers of every call that's made, the time and the date. there's no names, no one's listening to the calls, all that information is stored. and because there is this threat -- and i've seen the intelligence, i know people always get burned, i've seen the intelligence, and if you knew what i knew, i'm trying to say that, basically, everyone who has looked at...
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i will talk to you very briefly here or as briefly as i can make it about the nsa. that's something i've been very involved with trying to reign in the out-of-control -- of what is going on with our surveillance programs. that is something that i have spent as you have probably seen from the news a lot of time dealing with over the past couple of months. with the nsa has been doing as has been declassified now is collecting the phone records of every single person in the united states. regardless of whether you are under suspicion of anything. so in other words the nsa has a database and they actually collect every time you call someone. they collect the call that was made and they tell you which numbers were connected, that the duration of the call and they keep other sorts of what they call metadata on your calls. they have been doing this for quite some time, but it was recently disclosed. and the problem of course is they are doing it without any suspicion. it doesn't matter whether you have a connection to a terrorist or not. they decided that they have the aut
i will talk to you very briefly here or as briefly as i can make it about the nsa. that's something i've been very involved with trying to reign in the out-of-control -- of what is going on with our surveillance programs. that is something that i have spent as you have probably seen from the news a lot of time dealing with over the past couple of months. with the nsa has been doing as has been declassified now is collecting the phone records of every single person in the united states....
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you can't have a system where the intelligence agency with it is the nsa or any agency. here you go now you can prosecute people. according to the reports they are covering their tracks so the defense attorneys don't even know where the data came from. so there are a lot of shocking allegations, revelations of their and reports. we don't have very much oversight and government of these programs. there is a secret court that interprets things like the patriot act and the sports opinions are not available to the members of congress. so the patriot act into law related to the data gathering and members of congress have a particular interpretation when they pass it. i voted no to be clear when was up for reauthorization. [applause] they've been horrified at what they found and that the act is actually being interpreted by the court in a much more expensive way than what they expected. they wouldn't have known about that except for the recent disclosure because the court opinion that interpreted the act or secret. members of congress don't get access to those court opinions.
you can't have a system where the intelligence agency with it is the nsa or any agency. here you go now you can prosecute people. according to the reports they are covering their tracks so the defense attorneys don't even know where the data came from. so there are a lot of shocking allegations, revelations of their and reports. we don't have very much oversight and government of these programs. there is a secret court that interprets things like the patriot act and the sports opinions are not...
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in the life of nsa -- let's go pre-cyber. okay. in the life of nsa you had a trade-off between the two squads. when you discovered a vulnerability, do you want to exploit it to play offense, or do you want to fix it to play defense? and back in the pre-cyber world, we had a pretty well worn rung in the road as to where the line is. i am willing to enter in to a debate that that line may now be in the wrong place. that the old approach to -- the old calculation. i want to keep that vulnerability because i want to use it in the future may actually be tactically correct, operationally sound in a discreet one-off decision sort of way. the cumulative effect of the discreetly correct diss has been a real strategic problem that city is unaware of vulnerability out there. so i actually think that the trend line -- the more we can axel -- accelerate the better. it will go too far and we'll kick it back. i think the trend line is in the direction of more defense, even it it has to be at the expense of offense. and right now what we need to d
in the life of nsa -- let's go pre-cyber. okay. in the life of nsa you had a trade-off between the two squads. when you discovered a vulnerability, do you want to exploit it to play offense, or do you want to fix it to play defense? and back in the pre-cyber world, we had a pretty well worn rung in the road as to where the line is. i am willing to enter in to a debate that that line may now be in the wrong place. that the old approach to -- the old calculation. i want to keep that vulnerability...
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with the nsa for instance let me put it right up front. no american is having his phone calls listened to by the nsa. no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. they collect medved data which means phone number two phone number but every call that is made and the time and the date. there's no names, no one is listening to the call. all of that is stored and let's put it in the context of what is happening today because there is a threat and i've seen the intelligence and people please say if you see what i knew. i'm trying to say basically everyone that's looked at this and analyzed it, this is i think the most precise threat we have seen not since september 11th but certainly since 2006 when there was the explosive coming out of london that would have blown up the airliner over the atlantic ocean and killed thousands of americans. but this plot is very specific as to the enormity of the attack, the catastrophic nature of the attack they want to carry out and there are a series of dates. but as far as the credibility of the so
with the nsa for instance let me put it right up front. no american is having his phone calls listened to by the nsa. no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. they collect medved data which means phone number two phone number but every call that is made and the time and the date. there's no names, no one is listening to the call. all of that is stored and let's put it in the context of what is happening today because there is a threat and i've seen the intelligence and people...
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information obtained by the nsa resulting in the u.s. issuing travelers warnings overseas, closing a number of indices throughout much of what we call the arab world, and also we're seeing heightened security here at home as well. you have been very critical as it turns out this open question goes to of the role of the nsa and the surveillance program as well. knowing what we know right now, knowing that much of this information has come from intercepts by the nsa, are you at this point changing your mind about the way you view the nsa's surveillance programs and the way to make impact our federal americans? try to know. four years i was on the intelligence community in the congress. i understand how they work. i don't know the details of these. i'm not on the intelligence community now. but we can presume that these were international intercepts, and which we should be doing. but the idea of vacuum cleaner wholesaler collection of information of personal information about americans has completely unacceptable. it's not simply unconstitu
information obtained by the nsa resulting in the u.s. issuing travelers warnings overseas, closing a number of indices throughout much of what we call the arab world, and also we're seeing heightened security here at home as well. you have been very critical as it turns out this open question goes to of the role of the nsa and the surveillance program as well. knowing what we know right now, knowing that much of this information has come from intercepts by the nsa, are you at this point...
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it is now referred to as the nsa program. basically though what it did was it allowed us, and i'm confident the program we put in place, obviously i haven't been involved in the classified stuff since i left the white house but the program we put in place, saved as general alexander has said, the head of nsa, stopped over 50 attacks on the united states and our friend overseas, over the course of the last 10 or 12 years. we put in place the enhanced interrogation program, waterboarding, some people said that was torture. i don't believe it was torture. ksm may have felt like it was torture but the fact was enhanced interrogation program signed off on by the justice department, using techniqueses we used on our own people in training it wasn't torture no matter what anybody said. it was a good, legitimate program, that led to us develop the intelligence we had to have to keep america safe for seven 1/2 years. [applause] and it worked. the record speaks for itself. the cia put out a classified report in 04. we captured ksm in t
it is now referred to as the nsa program. basically though what it did was it allowed us, and i'm confident the program we put in place, obviously i haven't been involved in the classified stuff since i left the white house but the program we put in place, saved as general alexander has said, the head of nsa, stopped over 50 attacks on the united states and our friend overseas, over the course of the last 10 or 12 years. we put in place the enhanced interrogation program, waterboarding, some...
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. >> host: to pick up on your firewall, want to touch on the nsa. the news over the last month saw now have a systematic, the tapping or collection of information. again, there was a moment where phone tapping, the information was passing by. tapping phones. now it's a different model. the flow of information has pulled. we don't know the details. it is essentially taking it from the data center. where does this -- i mean, could this be -- could this be a tipping point? an alarming moment? >> guest: this is a continuation of a long history of surveillance by the united states government. it's different in degree, but not actually in kind. in the 20th-century every single telegraphs and from the united states to another country with systematically copy. now we tried to a constrain using law, domestic intelligence but we have also built networks that carry our air most thousand dreams in ways that telephone calls may not have. so we know that the nsa in the past to systematically copied wholesale all internet transmissions going through large exchange
. >> host: to pick up on your firewall, want to touch on the nsa. the news over the last month saw now have a systematic, the tapping or collection of information. again, there was a moment where phone tapping, the information was passing by. tapping phones. now it's a different model. the flow of information has pulled. we don't know the details. it is essentially taking it from the data center. where does this -- i mean, could this be -- could this be a tipping point? an alarming...
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this has been a very quiet and subdued german election with very few issues, other than the nsa prism issue name first and foremost, so i don't anticipate extraordinary volatility leading up to september 22. >> just very quickly. i would say heather is right. i think that the euro crisis is no longer front and center as the main issue for the g20 leaders to discuss at this summit. but elements of, a, i guess i would first say i think certainly the u.s. and probably others are not going to be quite as comforted by one quarters, you know, modestly positive growth in thinking that the overall crisis is solved. and, second, i think there will be elements of the your situation, including germany's six, 7% of gdp current account surplus that will appear in the rebalancing conversation, or banking union will be something that people will be interested in and the progress on the in the financial discussion. .. >> fiscal consolidation has been part of the conversation at the -- >> we'll leave the last couple of minutes of this program to go live now to the national press club here in washingto
this has been a very quiet and subdued german election with very few issues, other than the nsa prism issue name first and foremost, so i don't anticipate extraordinary volatility leading up to september 22. >> just very quickly. i would say heather is right. i think that the euro crisis is no longer front and center as the main issue for the g20 leaders to discuss at this summit. but elements of, a, i guess i would first say i think certainly the u.s. and probably others are not going to...
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the germans at least were generous supplies the nsa was -- spying on its diplomats. what impact will that have on the summit? and practicalities in the way in which leaders will approach it. >> interesting. i mean, i think that's another data point in that the broader conversation. and you know, and i assume your point about practical issues that come you know, every delegations security team and come you know, i.t. team will be a little more vigilant. i don't really know how to answer the question because i think it is, it's part of a broader conversation, heather and andy have talked about. i don't think, as i said you're trying to add to your question, i don't see any kind of profound impact on the g20 conversation itself, but, you know, but it is an issue among the members who are there so it will probably be a part of that conversation. >> yes, right over here. >> i have a question. [inaudible] >> unless japan wanted to be mentioned as a specific example of how japan is taking on its fiscal challenges, it will almost certainly not be mentioned. this is a decisio
the germans at least were generous supplies the nsa was -- spying on its diplomats. what impact will that have on the summit? and practicalities in the way in which leaders will approach it. >> interesting. i mean, i think that's another data point in that the broader conversation. and you know, and i assume your point about practical issues that come you know, every delegations security team and come you know, i.t. team will be a little more vigilant. i don't really know how to answer...
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let's talk about the nsa and unhappy, begin if you have additional stuff you want to throw in we will surely give you the opportunity to do that. look, i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they are not reading your e-mails, listening to your phone but they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. number two, you know, we that federal judges that looked at this and say it's constitutional. well, number three, you, you have to decide whether, we know we've stopped about 50 terrorist attacks, 10 inside the united states, 40 outside, from information to, a lot, you know, to deal with this sort of stuff. and i look at who's on the intelligence committees, you know. one of the guys on the intelligence community is tom coburn of the united states senate. i was at the oklahoma press association meeting with him and watched him stand up and just had the best oversight, the most common you know, accountable and was absolutely saving american lives. i also look, i think
let's talk about the nsa and unhappy, begin if you have additional stuff you want to throw in we will surely give you the opportunity to do that. look, i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they are not reading your e-mails, listening to your phone but they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. number two, you know, we that federal judges that looked at this and say...
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i'm sure he'll hear from his european colleagues about the ramification of the nsa/prism issue as that continues to be a topic of concern in europe. russia will clearly be a topic ask be, of course, syria, egypt, the middle east and the unrest there. so i believe you'll see a very fulsome bilateral conversation within the nordic state, and i think it's an excellent preparation to get the president ready as he travels to st. petersburg to meet with his g8 -- g20, excuse me, colleagues. and, matt, i'll let you take the baton. >> let me introduce matt really quickly. matt goodman holds our william simon chair in political economy. the sigh hon chair examines current issues this international economic policy with a lahr focus on the asia pacific. but i should also say that matt previously served as the white house coordinator for the east asia summit, for the asia-pacific summit many, but he also served as director on the nsc staff and was responsible for the g20, g8 and other international forums. and with that, i'd like to introduce my colleague, matt goodman. >> thank you, ann i drew. h
i'm sure he'll hear from his european colleagues about the ramification of the nsa/prism issue as that continues to be a topic of concern in europe. russia will clearly be a topic ask be, of course, syria, egypt, the middle east and the unrest there. so i believe you'll see a very fulsome bilateral conversation within the nordic state, and i think it's an excellent preparation to get the president ready as he travels to st. petersburg to meet with his g8 -- g20, excuse me, colleagues. and,...
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a lot of people looked at other stories we wrote about fisa, and about nsa spying and that sort of thing. it put a human face, i think, on the otherwise inpenetrable government bureaucracy system going on. nobody ever really stands exactly -- don't understand what is going on when nsa decides to tap someone's phone. and it was a nice way to sort of show that to people. >> i agree with john when he mentioned that people seem to be more plugged in to politics now than they have ever been. there are part of the explosion of media outlet on capitol hill covering politics since 2006, 2007.ort what you see is that people are only going places that reenforce their already-held opinions. so it's important -- we all -- all of our organizations do really well, is to provide an independent viewpoint or independent look at what is going on in in washington that is simplified enough for the common person, the nonpolitical person to understand but nuanced enough that, you know, you're not boiling it down to something where they're not getting anything out of it. like, i was talking to jane before we c
a lot of people looked at other stories we wrote about fisa, and about nsa spying and that sort of thing. it put a human face, i think, on the otherwise inpenetrable government bureaucracy system going on. nobody ever really stands exactly -- don't understand what is going on when nsa decides to tap someone's phone. and it was a nice way to sort of show that to people. >> i agree with john when he mentioned that people seem to be more plugged in to politics now than they have ever been....
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we get information from other agencies whether that is the nsa come cia, dhs. it has been collected by other agencies with the key insight and i know i can speak to this more first hand than i can came after abdulmutallab after 2,009 that we didn't have access to some of the information would help us stop the next underwear bomber to be we have great access to the information coming from the reports provided to us by the cia. what we didn't have was the type of access we needed to them on terrorism databases. so information about individuals applying to the refugee status in the united states or the individuals applying for the visa to travel to the united states. we need to have that information not just for a minute or a day or a week but along the enough period of time that when we got right information from the cia that says he is a bad guy all we have is a first name. what can we do compare that information to the other information we have collected that the government has about people there traveling and seeking asylum here and mirror that up so we can ta
we get information from other agencies whether that is the nsa come cia, dhs. it has been collected by other agencies with the key insight and i know i can speak to this more first hand than i can came after abdulmutallab after 2,009 that we didn't have access to some of the information would help us stop the next underwear bomber to be we have great access to the information coming from the reports provided to us by the cia. what we didn't have was the type of access we needed to them on...
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the germans at least appear to have been genuinely surprised that the nsa which supposedly deals with terrorism is spying on its diplomats. what impact are that have on this stunt and both the pact -- this summit and the practicality in the way in which leaders will approach it? >> yea, yeah. interesting. i mean, i think that's another data point in that broader conversation, and i, you know, and i assume to your point about pacts call issues that -- practical issues that, you know, every delegation's security team and, you know, i.t. team will be a little more vigilant. i don't really know how to answer the question because i think it is, it's part of the broader conversation and the tensions that heather and andy have talked about. i don't think it -- i mean, as i sit here trying to answer your question, i don't see any kind of profound be impact on the g20 conversation itself. but, you know, but it is, it's an issue among the members who are there, and so part of that that conversation. >> yes, right over here. >> [inaudible] >> unless japan wants it to be mentioned as a specific e
the germans at least appear to have been genuinely surprised that the nsa which supposedly deals with terrorism is spying on its diplomats. what impact are that have on this stunt and both the pact -- this summit and the practicality in the way in which leaders will approach it? >> yea, yeah. interesting. i mean, i think that's another data point in that broader conversation, and i, you know, and i assume to your point about pacts call issues that -- practical issues that, you know, every...
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is a number of times larger than the cia, whistle blowers like william and others who joined the nsa. the national security agency they were deeply concerned about national security and wanted to serve their country and started to speak out about what was doing after they tried the channel within the agency. deeply cell phoned about -- concerned about, for example, surveillance of american. they were finding programs were developed to not improve national security but data mine americans. as they spoke out, one by one the prosecution or persecution in the case of william. authorities raided his house, had him at gunpoint. he was a diabetic am pee too. they were charged. under the obama administration, there have been more whistle blowers charged than in all past presidential administrations combined. it's a very serious issue. which brings us to the case of bradley manning. the young soldier who went to iraq and now plead guilty to having released hundreds of thousand of not millions of pages of documents to wicky leeks. documents that documented what was happening in iraq, afghanist
is a number of times larger than the cia, whistle blowers like william and others who joined the nsa. the national security agency they were deeply concerned about national security and wanted to serve their country and started to speak out about what was doing after they tried the channel within the agency. deeply cell phoned about -- concerned about, for example, surveillance of american. they were finding programs were developed to not improve national security but data mine americans. as...
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a couple of weeks you we had a former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas drake here at a press club luncheon. and he said that when federal employees obtain or renew security clearances, and there are interviewed by investigators, one of the questions the past, at least some of the time, is whether the employee has ever had unauthorized contact with a reporter. not unauthorized conduct involving classified or proprietary information, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that question in the context, they're sending the message, intentional or not, that speaking to the press off line is forbidden and could even make you a security risk. obviously, the bradley manning and edward snowden leaks have raised the temperature on this issue considerably, particularly in the security agency. the nl the message was made in a really hard-core way in a june 2012 defense department document, about a so-called insider the program and it was obtained recently by the news and it said quote hammer this fact tone, leaking is tantamou
a couple of weeks you we had a former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas drake here at a press club luncheon. and he said that when federal employees obtain or renew security clearances, and there are interviewed by investigators, one of the questions the past, at least some of the time, is whether the employee has ever had unauthorized contact with a reporter. not unauthorized conduct involving classified or proprietary information, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us that was...
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. >> host: when you are at dhs the last to use the push of ministers are we aware of this nsa phone data collection operation? >> guest: i was not. >> host: next to war in arkansas, democrats line. >> caller: yes, my problem is that everyone is mad about the tsa but i love them. yes it's an inconvenience but would you rather be in the air at 10000 feet, 5000 feet whatever it is in your plane blows up? yes they needed to overhaul their system and get better employees but we need them. >> guest: thank you for that point and that is exactly right. we all have to have certain things to keep us safe. for example some people might not like to stop at a red light in an intersection but we recognize that we need some way of coordinating car traffic at an intersection. some trade-offs in convenience are necessary for public safety. your point is exactly right which is very few people i think would want a complete no security approach to one of the most repeated threats of al qaeda. the question is whether we should have some security and how can we make it better and you said it very well which i
. >> host: when you are at dhs the last to use the push of ministers are we aware of this nsa phone data collection operation? >> guest: i was not. >> host: next to war in arkansas, democrats line. >> caller: yes, my problem is that everyone is mad about the tsa but i love them. yes it's an inconvenience but would you rather be in the air at 10000 feet, 5000 feet whatever it is in your plane blows up? yes they needed to overhaul their system and get better employees but...
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she's also chair of the judicial conference of the nsa's committee on the budget, and so is well and deeply first and funding issues faced by the court and can answer i believe many of the implicit questions raised in the opening statement from both myself and senator sessions. judge gibbons, please proceed. >> chairman coons, senator sessions, members of the subcommittee, i appear before you as chair of the judicial conference committee on the budget. the judiciary very much appreciates the invitation to discuss the financial crisis facing the courts. senator coons, i am pleased that judge is a known circuit are here today. i see judge ted mickey. there's the judge from your home state. the third circuit itself -- as rest of the judiciary but it's within the circuit coordination and efforts to address the current crisis has been stellar. i also would like to recognize judge john bates right here behind me, the new director of the administrative office of the court who comes after serving on the d.c. federal district court. the $350 million, 5% across the board sequestration cuts hav
she's also chair of the judicial conference of the nsa's committee on the budget, and so is well and deeply first and funding issues faced by the court and can answer i believe many of the implicit questions raised in the opening statement from both myself and senator sessions. judge gibbons, please proceed. >> chairman coons, senator sessions, members of the subcommittee, i appear before you as chair of the judicial conference committee on the budget. the judiciary very much appreciates...
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little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last decade -- over the last decade increasing lu the department of defense relies on facilities here in the united states in order to operate our forces abroad. and so when you look at the dependence of dod facilities, military bases here on privately-owned infrastructure, especially the electric grid for purposes of today, you can see the imperative for dod to be able to partner effectively not only with industry to assure the flow of those vital electricity services, but, of course, also with the department of energy and the department of homeland security which will always be with in the lead for the fed
little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last...
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the left knows the nsa isn't watching silicon valley. the left is watching conservatives. every bet as much as the irs targeted conserve -- conservatives. darrell issa is doing a remarkable job in congress. we need to support him, ted cruz, acknowledge that the me-too republicans, the john mccains, lindsey grahams and the mark -- marco rubio, if that's the republican party conservatives do not need the republican party. [applause] >> hi, joel. >> i am joel gilbert from highway 61 in entertain independent los angeles. i have two questions. given the history of failure of socialism and communism, what this try psychological motivation of today's socialists to still recommend this economic system, and secondly, would you be willing to be interviewed for my new movie? >> i've seen your movies before. be delighted. the appeal of socialism is very strongly seductive. i recommend everyone younger than you read the communeist man cities stow. promises a worker's paradise, and don't his today to study the millions killed by stalin or in china or indo-china. don't hesitate to interv
the left knows the nsa isn't watching silicon valley. the left is watching conservatives. every bet as much as the irs targeted conserve -- conservatives. darrell issa is doing a remarkable job in congress. we need to support him, ted cruz, acknowledge that the me-too republicans, the john mccains, lindsey grahams and the mark -- marco rubio, if that's the republican party conservatives do not need the republican party. [applause] >> hi, joel. >> i am joel gilbert from highway 61 in...
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but what if that means, you know, having lots of a powerful nsa and drone wars and secret operations and all these other things that we're beginning to see some people say they don't like either? so we haven't really been able to, i mean, i think that the side that wants to talk about scaling back the war on terrorism at this point should also talk about the idea that it's not a false choice, to quote obama from his national archives speech, between liberty and security. it's a very real choice. and we should be coming to terms with that. >> well, i think liberty versus security and the various trade-offs and how much terrorism and damage you're willing to accept inflicted on you would be a great other panel for us to have -- [laughter] >> i'm just saying i think we've had a little bit of a -- i think sometimes we treat this conversation like we're children, and we want to believe that we can have everything, you know? and we can't. .. the analytical side. of what their data scooped up. so there is something to be had there, a conversation to be had there. i just say that, you know,
but what if that means, you know, having lots of a powerful nsa and drone wars and secret operations and all these other things that we're beginning to see some people say they don't like either? so we haven't really been able to, i mean, i think that the side that wants to talk about scaling back the war on terrorism at this point should also talk about the idea that it's not a false choice, to quote obama from his national archives speech, between liberty and security. it's a very real...
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. >> last one on the nsa. regarding a newspaper following on everything that was discussed yesterday, the guardian is saying that british authorities destroyed several hard drives that -- because they wanted to keep secrets that edward snowden had leaked from actually getting out. they were stored in the guardian's -- they had some hard drives. british authorities went in there and destroyed these hard drives. did the american government get a heads up about that the way you did about the person being detained? >> i've seen those, the published reports of those accusations, but i don't have any information for you on that. >> does the u.s. government think it's appropriate for a government, especially one of our allies, to go in and destroy hard drives? >> the only thing i know about this, you know, are the public reports about this, so it's hard for me to evaluate the propriety of what they did -- >> would not do that, would not go into a an american media company and destroy hard drives even if it meant tryi
. >> last one on the nsa. regarding a newspaper following on everything that was discussed yesterday, the guardian is saying that british authorities destroyed several hard drives that -- because they wanted to keep secrets that edward snowden had leaked from actually getting out. they were stored in the guardian's -- they had some hard drives. british authorities went in there and destroyed these hard drives. did the american government get a heads up about that the way you did about the...
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now, a few weeks ago we add the former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas brake here at a press club luncheon, and he said that once employees are seeking to retain or renew security clearances and they're interviewed by investigators, one of the questions that they're asked at least some of the time is if you have ever had unlawful contact with a reporter. not unauthorized contact, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us, that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that question in that context they're sending the message, intentional or not, that speaking to the press offline is forbidden and could even make you a security risk. now, obviously, the bradley manning and edward snowden leaks have raised the temperature on issue considerably, particularly in the security agencies. the no leaks message was made in a really hard core way. in a june 2012 defense department document, it was about a so-called insider threat program, and it was obtained recently by mcclap news, and it said, quote: leaking is tantamount to leaking the enemies of the united states, closed
now, a few weeks ago we add the former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas brake here at a press club luncheon, and he said that once employees are seeking to retain or renew security clearances and they're interviewed by investigators, one of the questions that they're asked at least some of the time is if you have ever had unlawful contact with a reporter. not unauthorized contact, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us, that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that...
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. >> host: what about the nsa issue that nfacing? >> guest: it's an interesting issue that concerns me but interesting that when i'm home i don't hear it much. i hear it from a small group of people but when i'm at the coffee shop that one doesn't come up. the irs one comes up a lot of though. >> host: jake in massachusetts on the independent line the republican of nebraska is the guest. >> caller: people think they need to make a lot more money than they should. in that case they should get a good tax credit to the people working good full-time jobs but not making a bunch of money. so, people would want to get a part-time job but not such a great job. it would put more money in their pockets at. and i notice when people get their tax returns and what not, they put all that money back and buy a new tv or read a4a pity the the what help the economy. it's just i talk to people and they think they should be making 20 or $30 an hour because they think they deserve that. but really what i think is if they give a good tax break to the part
. >> host: what about the nsa issue that nfacing? >> guest: it's an interesting issue that concerns me but interesting that when i'm home i don't hear it much. i hear it from a small group of people but when i'm at the coffee shop that one doesn't come up. the irs one comes up a lot of though. >> host: jake in massachusetts on the independent line the republican of nebraska is the guest. >> caller: people think they need to make a lot more money than they should. in that...
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and what we are trying to do is create another set of people also associated with nsa and cyber, whose mission is a defense, development of key devotees for the u.s. military and in the defense of the nation to be the last thing i will close on if it is the defense of the nation as you participate in an icy some of the names it's very important and the governments can help and need to help but another thing that has to happen is many of the civil networks are so purely protected themselves that it is very difficult for us to claim that we come to their aid. they need to be protected themselves and that gets to a much bigger problem in the society and that is that cybersecurity is under invested. there is a market failure in the cybersecurity field and those of you have companies to try to market products for cybersecurity is a hard slog to a lot of people don't want to spend a lot of money and acknowledge if they have a problem and so a lot of our critical businesses are more mobile than they should be and what should happen is they should take the steps to harden themselves and that's
and what we are trying to do is create another set of people also associated with nsa and cyber, whose mission is a defense, development of key devotees for the u.s. military and in the defense of the nation to be the last thing i will close on if it is the defense of the nation as you participate in an icy some of the names it's very important and the governments can help and need to help but another thing that has to happen is many of the civil networks are so purely protected themselves that...
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that revealed that nsa has repeatedly broken privacy rule and overstepped the authority for years. and so leahy came out today with a statement saying that he remains concerned that congress is still not getting straight -- he hopes to hold another hearing when congress returns to get the -- >> how bad was the report they published on thursday. >> it's pretty damning. and just in worse physician than it was. with the survey less than program. and it also calls in to question the statement that the president made last week at thes press con friday at the white house or other statements that administration official have made. and the report showed that the nsa had procured private communications thousand of times without proper authorization. "the washington post did an analysis and found that most of the incident were unintended and that involved an unauthorized surveillance americans or foreign target in the united. senator leahy when congress returns in september going hold a -- where is congress on this? how far have they got ton the issue? is there any legislative solution to th
that revealed that nsa has repeatedly broken privacy rule and overstepped the authority for years. and so leahy came out today with a statement saying that he remains concerned that congress is still not getting straight -- he hopes to hold another hearing when congress returns to get the -- >> how bad was the report they published on thursday. >> it's pretty damning. and just in worse physician than it was. with the survey less than program. and it also calls in to question the...